Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-06-03
RAILROAD AFFAIRS.
The Milwaukee, Arranges an Omaha
Sankten Embellishments of IIla-
nots Centraf-Other Railroads, Real
and Imaginary

Dots C~entrat-0ther Railroads, Real
and Imaginary.
SHORTENING THE TIME.
The following from the Omaha Bee
shows that the Mllwaukee company is
striving to fill the gap between Yankton
and Omaha and has reduced the time to
about nine hours:
The Chicago, milwaukee & ST. Paul
road has begun to feel that the agitation
OF the road between this city and Yank-
ton affords an excellent opportunity to
MAKE friends with both ends of the pro-
posed road, and has decided to give ad-
ditIonal Accommodations to IFS patrons by
the opening of a new line to Sioux City /,
Yankton and Dakota points. On the
sixth of this month, Monday next, trains
over this line will leave the Council
Bluffs transer at 1876 p. m, reaching
Sioux City at 80 and Yankton at 1905
p, m. Passengers leAvipg this city
should take the 1:l5 p. m. dummy.
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL.
Sioux Fails Press: The Illinois Cen.
trail has suddenly sprung from the con-
s%eryatiye sedate management which it's
reputation formerly rated it,to a rustling,
oeot4Atey PohaAo akPNtteNAOht fPPu
lmbaed with the through western spirit
of dash. The Press has already chron.
ieled the fact that the company Itself
not any locality along its line-has
ordered u survey tor a road from Chero-
kee, Iowa, to Sioux Falls. The manner
in which the survey was or Tered to be
made is an indication of the emphasis of
the company's determination to- secure
connection with the Queen CITY.
ID, o.. Rice, who was requested to go to
Cherokee to meet q representative OF the
company in regard to the matter, re-
turned yesterday and reports that three
surveying parties are to be put in the
field at once-one west from Cherokee,
another west from Sheldon, and the
third eest from Sioux Falls. Mr.. Rice
will have charge of the latter and will
complete the organization of his party
to-day, and start out tomorrow. The
Cherokee party started last Tuesday, and
the Sheldon party yesterday.
Sioux City journal: superintendent
Gilleas and Assistant Superintendent
Qaimby, of the Illinois Central, came in
Wednesday night and left yesterday
morning for Sioux Falls to look after
the surveyors that have been started out
between Cherokee and Sioux Falls. A
number OF parties have been started
out, and the best route will be deter
mined at once, SO that building opera
tions can begin. Engineer Hill left for
Cherokee yesterday morning with two
equipped squads and will work north
west from that city.
AFTER THE MANITOBA.
Sioux City is pushing a scheme known
in the local prints as the Sioux City &
Northwestern railroad, which is pro-
jected to run from Sioux City to Du-
luth. Public meetings are being held
for the ostenslbIe purpose OF procuring
aid for this road, but it is the admitted
policy CT the projectors to scare the
Manitoba into turning southwark te
Sioux City. This was stated by John
, Pierce, who made the following remaka
BILE speech at a public meeting last
night:
This meeting was called by the citizens
and not by the men instrumental il
building railroads aud bridges. Now il
Sioux City's time to do something fo
her advancement. Some people want thu
road to Marshall, MINI and others wan
a wagon bridge. Others still want ths
Sioux City and Northeastern to open NJ
a new lumber line TO Duluth. l am her,
!. to answer for the Sioux City and North
eastern that has spent $4,000 to $4,000 o
the peoples money, generously snbscrib
, ed for making preliminary surveys. l cal
! tell about surveys the cost per mile. th,
: maximum grade curves embankment
etc. A few who subscribed have not pail
and we have gone as far as possibleI IN tina
direction. It is 1913 miles to Llvermore
: and the line can be put ia shape TO
g operating for about $1,000 q mile. Th,
n policy has been to get aid enough tt
scare somebody into building. We dit
, SO with the bridge, the Manila line ant
= the Northwestern. II we can get a ia.
big enough to SCARE somebody int
g this project, that's our business. w
n will have to pay for either the North
eastern or Marshall line, and it is bes'
to vote aid to the one that we can &c
built for nothing and then remit ant
b apply to something else. 1t seems abou
time to do something toward getting
northeastern outlet for Sioux City, an,
. if committees are appointed to get name
{. the whole business could be got throug.
in ninety days.
d HUGH1TT MADE PREbIDEST.
Chicago special I'd: The annual meet
: ing OF the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad was held here to-day. Tb
following officers were elected: ALDER
D. Keep, chairman of the board of directors
,e Marvin Hughitt, president; M. L. SykeI
4 vice president, treasurer and secretary
Directors and officers for the variou
p branches were also elected, MIR. Hughit
being chosen president of all the line
The report OF earnings, ETC., for th
D. fiscal year ending May 81, was submitte
as follows: Gross earnings, $26 5000
operatine and ather expenses, $20,273
S. 1888; net, Sc ,0S8. 901. The dividends fl
the year, including III per cent on pre-
ferred and 8 per cent on common stoc
be were So ,444 $40; surplus S2,639, 80
The election of Mr.. HuRhi.t to succee
the retiring president, Keep, was n,
unexpected, and it is not believed
herald any change in the policy of ii
road.
:, Bananas 80 cents and lemons 20 cen
Il per dozen at OARNEY's.
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